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Rhino Bamboo Industry Felicitated

Guwahati based Rhino Bamboo Industry, the only one of its kind in the entire country manufacturing mechanized bamboo products like blinds, handicrafts items etc. Read more

French Designers at CBTC

Two designer, Mr. Wilfrid and Ms. Marie Le Gac visited CBTC during the month of November, 2009 as part of their project on design building through collaboration between designers and craftsmen in an eco-friendly way. Read more

Consultative Meets on Agarbatti stick

A consultative meet was organized by CBTC in collaboration with ITC Agarbatti Division at the AIDC Conference Hall, Guwahati on 8th December 2009.   Read more

Bamboo huts on stilts Win Climate Award

Building flood-resistant, elevated bamboo houses in Ecuador, and exchanging climate information via 'interactive' radio in Nigeria, are among the ideas that have won funding in a competition for d Read more

Panitema Post Office, Assam

The Department of Posts, Govt of India has taken up the initiative of making Rural Post Offices with local technology in Read more

Construction and Construction Methods

Bamboo Building Essentials Plant the Hardest Species for the Climate Read more

Multipurpose Facilitation Hall at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Culture (SAIIC)

The basic idea of the proposed project is to build a pilot bamboo based structure whereas to facilitate multipurpose activities such as vocational training programmes, workshops, meetings, gatherings, Yoga Classes and... Read more

Coming together for Bamboo

VIII World Bamboo Congress For a long time, researchers and experts on bamboo had done their studies, published their reports and Read more

UNIDO Plantation Training at East Timor

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CBTC attends WBC at Bangkok

Under the project "Promoting Livelihood in North-Eastern India: The Cane and Bamboo Networking Project" of the UNIDO, seven officials including the Director from CBTC had participated in the V Read more

CBTC and Bamboo Housing Activities

The CBTC was formed in the year 2000 under the UNDP/UNIDO Country Program for India and since it inception the CBTC has the mandate to develop the bamboo sector in the region. Read more

Bamboo as a Material for Housing and Buildings

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